Annick Ménardo is a contemporary perfumer who worked under the fragrance firm Firmenich since joining in 1991. Although she has a background in a wide base of sciences such as biochemistry and medicine, Annick Ménardo pursued perfumery as her subject of study and is a graduate of the French perfume academy ISIPCA. She was mentored under Michel Almayrac while working at Créations Aromatiques and her early work is influenced by his style[1]
Annick Ménardo is also known in her work with sculptor Shioya Nobi in his /7S/ olfactory art installation and created the scent for the sculpture "Anger". It is noted by Nobi that she was easily assigned to the piece "...because (she) is always angry."[2]
Annick Ménardo has created many notable perfumes including[1][3]: